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EMD F units are my favorite locomotives.

Kid, you are dropping knowledge!!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Haha Thanks man!

@Corry-be4kz

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a kid and I say he is I take this to my mom and says that's me Wish we could do a collaboration So I find that funny!

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado, where we still use five "Phase 1" F-7 units. Two A units and three B units provide daily commuter and express passenger train service, and they look fantastic with their matching passenger cars. P.S. I love the pictures of the Burlington units, especially the super clean GP-30. 💙 T.E.N.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! thats really neat!

As both a diesel enthusiast and EMD fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Great job!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I worked really hard on it!

Great vid, the EMD F-7s are my favorite diesel locomotives.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

F-7 Sante fe stream liners were so beautiful !!!miss seeing those diesels back in the 70s and of course ending with the caboose !!!!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

The EMD F-7s were in both freight and passengers.

@Gma7788

Жыл бұрын

They put some wings on them and they could fly. They would fly from Melbourne to Tasmania back in the 1960's. We had 122 of the vertical nose version.

You did your research well and taught us older guys a good many things about this beloved locomotive, well done!

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You sound like a youngster, but, oh so impressive. You enunciation was excellent, good voice, well thought out script, and I enjoyed this video immensely. Great job! Kiddo!

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I tried to do the best I could!

There were some Australian variants of the EMD F-7. The Australian variants included Victorian Railways S300 and B Clsss, NSWGR 42 class and 421 class, and Commonwealth Railways GM class. They were slightly longer, had 6 axle bogies (trucks) and the NSWGR 421 class had a semi streamline B end for running B end first. The Victorian B class was also unique in the fact that they were double ended

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

A double ended f7 sounds pretty cool!

Excellent job on this nice short video! The F7 is probably one of my favorite locos of all time. Keep up the good work and continue making great videos! You have a real talent.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The maximum speed of a diesel electric locomotive was determined by the gearing. Freights were generally geared to max out at 70 MPH while passengers were commonly geared for 90 MPH. If a carrier wanted greater speed, that maximum speed would be specified in the purchase orders or changed during a major servicing.

What a great job narrating young man!

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for the good and insightful video! I wish the U.S. continued to use this style of diesel designs throughout the decades. Seeing Australia continuing to employ similar-looking locomotives on their lines is _very_ cool, culturally and visually.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! I think it would be pretty cool to see retro styled trains in the future.

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the newer passenger locomotives actually are carbody units (like the Siemens ACS64 and Chargers), but their noses sure look strange (the mid-to-late E- and F- unit bulldog nose seems less likely to shovel an obstacle on the track up into the cab).

I hired out as a fireman on the Texas and Pacific Railway Co in 1973. We still had some F-7s and I got to run them as a fireman, engineer trainee, and engineer until they were all retired. I liked running them and was sad to see them go.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a lot of fun! Its a shame they were retired :/

@billmorris2613

3 жыл бұрын

Train Master 26 They were worn out and sometimes we were having to keep them running with paper cups and fusee caps.

Thanks for the video that let me know the history of North American trains, and this beautiful engines. Regards from Spain.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Im happy you enjoyed!

It's always a treat to see F units on the go! Nice job, Train Master 26!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Such a great video! Excellent work!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Fantastic video bud, you did a great job!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

Excellent video, Fantastic job.Thank You for uploading & sharing,Please keep them coming, I Really enjoyed watching.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! It means a lot to me that people enjoy what I put out. I've definitely got more on the way.

This is my favourite American Locomotive because of the sound of its diesel prime mover.

Just to point out, at 2:59 that is an F3, not an F7. You can tell by the sides and the top vents.

Maximum speed depended on final gear ratio, not 65mph. Many F7s were geared for 90+ mph.

Thanks for the documentary. You have excellent narration skills.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot

Good work. I’m surprised at the quality. Love to see it

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome video and narration! Keep up the good work

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yup all true.

Nice vid! I do have to say, music choice seemed very close to AmtrakGuy365. But besides that AWESOME VID MAN

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yeah in the next episode i changed up the music so I can have my series be more original.

I used to see F7 Southern Railway in freight running through the other side of Salisbury NC when my sister and I were little

A red/yellow/silver Sante Fe F7 is hanging out here in Sacramento,California by the State Railway Museum. I personally love the Santa Fe colors F7 but since watching this video and seeing the Burlington Northern stripes on one it's a tie between the two.😅

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

They're all great but I personally like the santa fe yellow bonnets.

Excellent Video. Very informative and educational.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Ive made a few more of these styles of videos if you're interested. They are a lot higher quality.

I remember in the 1970's when I was in Elementary school me and my friends would hangout near a Southern Pacific switching yard. Couldn't throw a stone without hitting an F7 they were so prevalent.

Real nice video keep it up!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The venerable Covered Wagon. Great job on the video!

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good morning from SE Louisiana 3 May 21.

When I was a kid I used to watch trains at the Niagara Falls, NY rail yard. Most of the activity was switching work with switchers but every once in a while I'd catch F locos most often in New York Central markings that was a treat. Now I have an F7 A/B combo in Pennsylvania RR livery in my HO scale model train layout brings back memories of seeing the F locos going in and out of Niagara Falls.

@TrainMaster26

Жыл бұрын

I would have loved to see F units in their prime, thanks for the story!

interesting

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

very

I love the way the 1940s/1950s USA diesels look, particularly because the DP1 Deltic prototype was based on it, and that the Class 37 (1960-present day), 40 (1958-1984), 44 (1958-1977) and 55 (1961-1981) resemble them. I love the massive noses and headlights as well as the slim windows.

@TrainMaster26

Жыл бұрын

As do I! It really gives them character that’s lacking from most modern engines.

@bennickss

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainMaster26 The 37s are still going strong after 60 years with around 60 still in use and another 30 in preservation. Their growling roar can’t be matched by the “ying ying ying ying” of any current EMDs

Great video!!👍

@TrainMaster26

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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Well done!

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

If I recall correctly, the Santa Fe F7 that broke the wall was converted to a CF7 road switcher and is still in service on a short line in the southeastern United States.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

that sounds probable, from the amount of damage that it sustained It would need a major overhaul.

Wow do I love trains when I was young I slept on a bed near window, I Crack the window, and on the hardy tack, and I could hear the bells ringing as the train approach, I lived in Houston, Got I love it

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Ive always had a fascination with train, definitely the most interesting mode of transportation out there!

@clendenenjames8804

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrainMaster26 my friend I've loved any kind of trains

GO Transit used these F7 in the 70s and early 80s and earlier on with CP and CN Rail freight trains . Great video review.

Love the emd f7..

Love this video

Nice job kid! I would ride my bike to the train station in Downers Grove IL. just to catch and admire all the green F units on the Burlington Northern back in the early 80’s. I’m now 50 and always will love the old F units. 👌

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really like the Burlington northern paint scheme too. The big white stripe on some of them looked really sharp.

I see you are using Railroad Tycoon music! So nostalgic!

The EMD F adapted for Europe is still in limited service. This clip is from yesterday: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGqI0tCmgK6TeLA.html . They are both essentially F7s, the yellow Nohab from Denmark and the other one from Luxembourg.

I love the F series

@TrainMaster26

4 жыл бұрын

Same! Its one of my favorite engine designs

A very interesting video

The Verde Canyon railway in Arizona runs 2 F7s for its tour train!

Even a dirty F7 was gorgeous

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I actually clicked on this video because I am building a live steam gauge EMD-F7

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! hope you enjoyed!

To those with only a passing interest in trains, the F units were the ones they most identified with trains. That's why trainset manufacturers always had them in their sets - usually with the beautiful red Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme. Bachmann sets often came with yellow Chessie System F7s, even though there was never a Chessie prototype painted in the yellow, vermillion and navy blue scheme. The bright colors and handsome looks of those F units moved the trainsets off the shelves.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, if im not mistaken I think the F7 is one of the most widely produced engines in model railroading

Great work

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you that means alot!

@johndaman6944

2 жыл бұрын

Please do one for the F40 PH

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good idea! I'll put that on the list of engines to cover.

Nice

The B&O museum just finished restoring #51.

The music at the beginning is from Railroad Tycoon 2; that brought me back...

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

A true classic

F7 were so synonymous with the AT&SF ,but the Espee was the biggest customer.Go figure lol

Noice!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

thanketh 500th subscriber

Cool.

Oh you for got the f7 was in a movie silver streak!! !!!!

I like your content I subscribed

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it

@fisherbridgeproductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrainMaster26 your welcome

Musics a wee bit loud but otherwise it felt like watching Amtrak guy. This was lovely. Will do the pre war streamliners like the Pioneer zephyr and M10000?

@TrainMaster26

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Ill definitely do a episode covering most of the streamliners. :D

fun fact these locomotives were often made in the same factories that made cars for the population and as such some parts of these trains were repurposed for use on the trains that is the most prevalent with the windshield and wipers as those are pretty much just old car windshields and wipers modified to fit on them heck some have the same exact style of opening windows for the engineers to seeo out of as the cars of the day had even some gauges such as speedometers were just repurposed and modified to be used on the instrument panel of the train

@TrainMaster26

Жыл бұрын

Guess that’s why they call it a “car-body”!

I’m actually British and am really interested in the USA trains [= so thx

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! British trains are pretty cool too!

LOOK IT IS WILSON!! Ok I’ll go see myself out

NS hasnt had the F units for awhile now though. 2 went to RBMN

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i didn't include them selling their units in the video for whatever reason.

3:00 "Hey buddy, you can't park there!"

why does this sound like a school presentation lmao

According to other sources for the stats of the F-7 the max speed could be up to 119 mph.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it could have been possible, but we may never truly know.

@billmorris2613

3 жыл бұрын

Train Master 26 The 100 to 119 MPH came from Wikipedia on the stats for the FP7, the passenger version of the F7s. Probably the main difference was different traction motors and gear ratios.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

@@billmorris2613 ooooh ok I forgot that the fp7's were just re-geared f7s

@billmorris2613

3 жыл бұрын

Train Master 26 Also they probably have different traction motors that can turn higher RPMs than the standard F7 traction motors. Max RPM of the traction motors is part of the formula, along with the gear ratio, that determines Max MPH. Over speeding the traction motor can unwind the windings inside the traction motors. I can remember riding in the cab of an FP7 with my father on passenger trains when I was in high school and running between 95 and 100 MPH. We left Avondale, LA an hour and twenty five minutes late, as they held us for 5 hot piggy backs, and we pulled into Alexandria, LA, 184 miles away, on time. One more difference the FP7s had was a steam generator used to heat the passenger coaches in the colder months. That is why they were about 5 feet longer than the standard F7s.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Making up an hour and 25 minute delay is really impressive! Thanks for sharing!

nice video - just a note EMD Made the EA (for the Baltimore and Ohio only ) in 1937 1938 was the E1 s only Santa Fe had them

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't know that, that's pretty interesting!

@fulviosantangeletta5838

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrainMaster26 They're fascinating beautiful looking futuristic engines both of the E1 and the E a's EMD in 1937 of course made the TA Rock Island was the only one that had it beautiful locomotive Sunset models made a model in Oh scale I have it it's absolutely magnificent the Baltimore Ohio EA model is coming out by the same company in probably the middle of this year One train that would be really cool to review is the Missouri Pacific Eagle trains the Colorado eagle the Texas eagle and other trains of course Texas and Pacific also worked with them some of the most beautiful paint schemes done on trains ever this one was made by Raymond loway you may be familiar already but they're hard to find videos of in color especially.... Enjoying watching your channel looking forward to more videos.. Have you thought about doing a video on the eagles already?

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

@@fulviosantangeletta5838 That sounds like an interesting idea! I really love the paint schemes of early passenger trains, they dont get much better than that. I think I will make a video talking about most of the famous passenger trains from that era, it sounds pretty interesting!

2:48 well runaway train 1985 it wasn’t really a EMD F-7 It was a alaska railroad F unit 1500

Locomotive that crashed through the wall at L.A.'s Union Station was caused by Engineer, Fred Hurst, error. He accidentally released the air brakes causing the engine to jump the tracks and go through the wall. He lost his job over this.

3:07 that sounds familiar.

The music is distracting, and also make the narration difficult to hear. Most videos don't need background music, they are interesting enough.

@TrainMaster26

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah ive fixed the music and audio problem since this episode. My latest one is a hundred times better

I did that

Southern railroad has surviving all E and F units.

Then north folk southern auctioned off there f units

@TrainMaster26

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its a shame. I didn't really feel like adding that bit of info since it wasn't important to the topic

@creeperkillere

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrainMaster26 They are still alive in 2021 and run, But they are unknown to me.

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah hopefully we can see them back up and running on the mainline or something.

As cool as these locomotives may look, the design sucked as far as operations are concerned. I've ridden with my dad, who was a locomotive engineer, on a similar design E8 passenger locomotive. Those automotive looking windows provide limited forward visibility as they are placed too high above the deck of the cab.

I’m not sure, but I think they went faster than 65

@TrainMaster26

8 ай бұрын

This video wasn’t the best research wise, I believe some f units were able to reach 90-100 mph. Maybe sometime in the future I’ll redo this with better information.

Your statement that F7 were geared for 65 mph is WRONG!

@TrainMaster26

3 жыл бұрын

Oh really how fast could they go? Everywhere I looked said 65 mph

1:39. Well, it is in the heading of your video, but I find it too difficult to convert your antiquated measurements to metric, especially with the overwhelmingly loud porn movie music in the foreground. So, I'm out. I'll read about this somewhere, whenever I am interested in this topic again.

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